®Planning appeal decision
Churchfields House Hitchin Road, Codicote, Hitchin, SG4 8TH
Planning appeal 3309506 at Churchfields House Hitchin Road, Codicote, Hitchin, SG4 8TH (North Hertfordshire District Council) was dismissed on 13 July 2023 by Inspector Bartlett R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development.
construction of new dwelling following demolition of existing outbuildings and tennis court enclosure
- Authority
- North Hertfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Bartlett R
- Postcode
- SG4 8TH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The substantial weight given to harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, arising from the greater impact on openness, was not clearly outweighed by the other considerations advanced, so very special circumstances do not exist.
The other considerations in favour of the development do not clearly outweigh the substantial weight given to the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, so very special circumstances do not exist
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP5
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 11
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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